Biography
Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright. Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have made him a notable American director. He is also distinguished by his rapid rate of production and his very large body of work. Allen writes and directs his movies and has also acted in the majority of them. For inspiration, Allen draws heavily on lit...
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Complete Filmography
Twiggy
2025
as Self (archival footage)
Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 196...
Second Chance
2025
Original Film Writer
By the Way, Woody Allen Is Innocent (Updated)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Cartoonist Rick Worley's in-depth and unapologetic analysis of the 1992 Woody Allen / Mia Farrow custody hearing and its (factually muddled) online re...
Death Knocks
2024
Writer
Based on death knocks by Woody Allen
Un día en Nueva York con Woody Allen
2024
as Self - Filmmaker
Spanish filmmaker David Trueba travels to New York to interview Woody Allen, who reviews his filmography and his many personal and artistic concerns.
Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.
Coup de Chance
2023
Director, Writer
Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful distric...
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major...
Groucho & Cavett
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Discover the enduring friendship between television personality Dick Cavett and his mentor iconic comedian Groucho Marx. Their relationship is chronic...
How did Woody Allen become Woody Allen?
2021
A documentary about the life and career of Woody Allen.
Rifkin’s Festival
2020
Director, Screenplay
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and char...
By the Way, Woody Allen is Innocent
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Cartoonist Rick Worley's in-depth and unapologetic analysis of the 1992 Woody Allen / Mia Farrow custody hearing and its (factually muddled) online re...
Very Ralph
2019
as Self
The first documentary portrait of fashion icon Ralph Lauren, reveals the man behind the icon and the creation of one of the most successful brands in ...
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
Director, Writer
Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joi...
Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On!
2019
as Himself
This charming documentary showcases the career of musical-comedy sensation Kaye Ballard, whose ability to sing and tell jokes was ubiquitous in the la...
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
as Self
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaim...
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorker...
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the ent...
Wonder Wheel
2017
Director, Writer
The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally ...
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
as Self
An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great moment...
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
2016
as Self (archive footage)
In the last 30 years of the 2nd millennium, John Casablancas created the Elite modeling agency and invented the supermodels. If the names as Naomi, Ci...
Café Society
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in t...
Café Society
2016
Director, Writer
The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in t...
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, an...
Gianni Schicchi
2015
Director
Woody Allen's production of the Puccini comic opera at LA Opera in 2015
Irrational Man
2015
Director, Writer
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his st...
Barcelona, la rosa de foc
2014
as narrator (English)
The many faces of Barcelona are portrayed in this documentary, shot in a false sequence shot that goes across the streets, squares, markets and bars o...
Magic in the Moonlight
2014
Director, Writer
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
Après tout, si ça marche...
2014
Original Film Writer
The Unbelievers
2013
as Self
Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Pau...
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013
as Self
When Marvin Hamlisch passed away in August 2012 the worlds of music, theatre and cinema lost a talent the likes of which we may never see again. Seemi...
Fading Gigolo
2013
as Murray
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "man...
Trespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm...
Blue Jasmine
2013
Director, Screenplay
After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger...
Ain't Misbehavin
2013
as Self (archive footage)
18 years after his last film, (The Troubles We've Seen), Marcel Ophuls emerges from retirement as one of our last masters, the most corrosive, the fun...
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
2013
as Self
In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international reputation,...
The Battle of Amfar
2013
as self
When AIDS struck in the early 1980s, a scientist and a movie star did not have to respond - but they did. Dr. Mathilde Krim and Elizabeth Taylor joine...
Casting By
2012
as Self
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the mo...
Paris-Manhattan
2012
as Woody Allen
Alice, an obsessed Woody Allen fan, meets Pierre in a night-club and falls in love with him. But when Pierre sees Alice's sister Hélène, things start ...
To Rome with Love
2012
as Jerry
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful in...
To Rome with Love
2012
Director, Writer
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful in...
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing...
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
as Self - interviewer (archive footage)
The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick at L...
Midnight in Paris
2011
Director, Writer
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
Director, Writer
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue wha...
… But Film Is My Mistress
2010
as Self
Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woo...
Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010
Documentary about Polish poet and Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska.
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self
A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.
Whatever Works
2009
Director, Writer
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When...
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
Director, Screenplay
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relations...
Cassandra's Dream
2007
Director, Screenplay
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007
as Self
Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as thoughts ...
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
2007
as Himself
He is considered to be one of the most significant links in the history of comedy, admired by such people as Eric Bogosian and Woody Allen. His televi...
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
2007
as Self
Scott Hicks documents an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished Western classical composer Philip Glass as he interacts with a...
A City Runs Through the Festival
2007
as Self
A City Runs Through the Festival is an anatomy of the Festival through the eyes of its own audience.
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
2007
as Himself
Several people walk into a bar... The funniest comedians of our time stand up to be counted down in our exhaustive look at who really has funny bones....
Filmmakers in Action
2006
as Self
What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in...
Scoop
2006
as Sid Waterman
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Scoop
2006
Director, Writer
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
as Self (Archival footage)
This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the presen...
The Outsider
2005
as Self
Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, When Will I Be Loved -- a movie made without a script or distribut...
Match Point
2005
Director, Writer
Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe falls in love with Chris. ...
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
as Self
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to wa...
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self
Melinda and Melinda
2004
Director, Writer
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel...
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004
as Self
A documentary tracing the career of filmmaker François Truffaut through the testimony of collaborators and admirers.
Words in Progress
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals.
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
PBS documentary examining the work of Jack Paar.
Anything Else
2003
as David Dobel
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that l...
Anything Else
2003
Director, Screenplay
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that l...
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
From Disturbing Discoveries to Astonishing Arressts, and Tragic Endings. In this tv-special, E! countdowns the greatest moments in the entertainment i...
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
as Self
Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, writ...
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003
as Himself
A collection of Ceasar's finest comedy moments.
Woody Allen: A Life in Film
2002
as Self
An account of the life and work of US filmmaker Woody Allen as told by himself.
Hollywood Ending
2002
as Val
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman fi...
Hollywood Ending
2002
Director, Screenplay
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman fi...
Trailers Schmailers
2002
as (Archival)
From the Marx Brothers to Schindler's List, this compilation of Jewish film trailers offers a glimpse at the history of Jews in American cinema. A mix...
The Magic of Fellini
2002
as Self
Documentary with interviews and clips of Fellini's movies.
Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman
2002
American director Woody Allen talks to English film critic Mark Kermode about the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. Allen has always been a ch...
Sounds from a Town I Love
2001
Director, Writer
A montage of short scenes of New Yorkers talking on their cellphones, evoking snippets of conversation overheard in passing on the streets of Manhatta...
The Concert for New York City
2001
Director, Writer
The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-yo...
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
as CW Briggs
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task ...
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
Director, Screenplay
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task ...
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films....
CyberWorld
2000
as Z-4195 (voice)
A collaboration of computer-animated films which features new characters and old friends from the award-winning Fox network television series, "The Si...
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the ...
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
as Self
One of the greatest comedians of early television, Sid Caesar hasn't had his work shown in perennial reruns, so it's especially gratifying to see a co...
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
as Himself
The Big Daddy of televised comedy sketches, Sid Caesar had millions of Americans holding their sides and howling at his uproarious antics and those of...
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
as Himself
The Big Daddy of televised comedy sketches, Sid Caesar had millions of Americans holding their sides and howling at his uproarious antics and those of...
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
as Tex Cowley
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband...
Small Time Crooks
2000
as Ray
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Small Time Crooks
2000
Director, Writer
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Company Man
2000
as Lowther (uncredited)
In the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sen...
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self
This documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through the Arago...
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
as Himself
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
Director, Screenplay
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
1998
as Himself
This sports documentary tells the remarkable story of the man voted the greatest boxer in history. Spanning his career from the early Depression-era d...
Antz
1998
as Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a pa...
The Impostors
1998
as Audition Director (uncredited)
Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.
Celebrity
1998
Director, Screenplay
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...
Deconstructing Harry
1997
as Harry Block
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated fr...
Deconstructing Harry
1997
Director, Screenplay
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated fr...
The Language Master
1997
as Himself
Michel Thomas is one of the most brilliant language teachers in the world. His usual clients are movie stars and business leaders. This programme take...
Wild Man Blues
1997
as Self
Wild Man Blues is a 1998 documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple, about the musical avocation of actor/director/comic Woody Allen. The film takes ...
State of Fear
1997
Novel
Seven hundred and seventy one words from Orwell, Chomsky, Shakespeare and others. Seven hundred and seventy one people off the street. A 15 minute med...
Everyone Says I Love You
1996
as Joe Berlin
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
Everyone Says I Love You
1996
Director, Screenplay
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
The Sunshine Boys
1996
as Al Lewis
Two aging comedians, who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier, must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrat...
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
as Lenny
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother i...
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
Screenplay, Director
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother i...
Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Walter Hollander
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset i...
Don't Drink the Water
1994
Director, Theatre Play, Screenplay
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset i...
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
Director, Screenplay
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a...
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
as Larry Lipton
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
Director, Screenplay
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Une aspirine pour deux
1992
Theatre Play
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married ...
Husbands and Wives
1992
as Gabe Roth
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are ...
Husbands and Wives
1992
Director, Writer
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are ...
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Kleinman
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Shadows and Fog
1991
Director, Theatre Play, Writer
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Scenes from a Mall
1991
as Nick Fifer
A comedy about a married couple -- he's a sports lawyer, she's a psychologist -- which takes place on their 16th wedding anniversary, when they make s...
Alice
1990
Director, Screenplay
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults h...
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Cliff Stern
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an ...
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Director, Screenplay
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an ...
New York Stories
1989
as Sheldon
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...
New York Stories
1989
Writer, Director
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...
Another Woman
1988
Director, Screenplay
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acousti...
King Lear
1988
as Mr. Alien (uncredited)
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civiliza...
September
1987
Director, Screenplay
After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's ...
Radio Days
1987
as Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited)
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...
Radio Days
1987
Director, Writer
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...
Meetin' WA
1986
as Self
Revolutionary French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard conducts a twenty-five minute interview with influential and acclaimed American director Woody ...
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Mickey Sachs
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
Director, Screenplay
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
Director, Screenplay
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. ...
Broadway Danny Rose
1984
as Danny Rose
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, a...
Broadway Danny Rose
1984
Director, Screenplay
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, a...
Zelig
1983
as Leonard Zelig
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act l...
Zelig
1983
Director, Writer
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act l...
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
as Andrew
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weeken...
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
Director, Writer
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weeken...
The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell
1982
as Self
A fascinating look at the most beloved comedy team in motion picture history. Exclusive interviews with those closest to the brothers supplement this ...
Stardust Memories
1980
as Sandy Bates
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Stardust Memories
1980
Director, Screenplay
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
1980
as Himself
Initiated by producer-director Pierre Drouot, Woody Allen for the very first time agrees to let a filmmaker, Belgium's André Delvaux, film him during ...
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
Manhattan
1979
as Isaac Davis
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best fr...
Manhattan
1979
Director, Screenplay
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best fr...
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
1979
as Self
Woody Allen's interview with France Roche.
Interiors
1978
Director, Writer
When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughter...
Woody Allen: An American Comedy
1977
as Himself
Woody Allen talks about his career and his creative process with excerpts from some of his movies
Annie Hall
1977
as Alvy Singer
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Annie Hall
1977
Director, Writer
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
The Front
1976
as Howard Prince
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Love and Death
1975
as Boris Grushenko
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Love and Death
1975
Director, Writer
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Sleeper
1973
as Miles Monroe
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels figh...
Sleeper
1973
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels figh...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
as Victor / Fabrizio / The Fool / Sperm
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of th...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
Director, Screenplay
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of th...
Play It Again, Sam
1972
as Allan Felix
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married ...
Play It Again, Sam
1972
Theatre Play, Screenplay
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married ...
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
1971
as Harvey Wallinger
Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real" power behind the president. This short was produced as a...
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
1971
Writer, Director
Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real" power behind the president. This short was produced as a...
Bananas
1971
as Fielding Mellish
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebelli...
Bananas
1971
Director, Screenplay
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebelli...
Fight of the Century
1971
as Self-(Audience Member)
Legendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971.
Woody Allen: Granada 1971
1971
as Himself
This is never-broadcast footage of Woody Allen being interviewed by Granada TV in Manchester in 1971 while he was in the UK to promote 'Bananas'.
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970
Screenplay
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
Don't Drink the Water
1969
Theatre Play, Screenplay
The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take picture...
The Woody Allen Special
1969
as Self / Various
The Woody Allen Special is a television special that premiered on CBS on 21 September 1969. Allen hosted and wrote the television special show in whic...
The Woody Allen Special
1969
Writer
The Woody Allen Special is a television special that premiered on CBS on 21 September 1969. Allen hosted and wrote the television special show in whic...
Take the Money and Run
1969
as Virgil Starkwell
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
Take the Money and Run
1969
Director, Screenplay
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
1967
Woody Allen's whimsey is turned loose on the news, social events, and happenings of 1967. Such groovey guests as Aretha Franklin, Liza Minnelli, and W...
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
1967
Writer
Woody Allen's whimsey is turned loose on the news, social events, and happenings of 1967. Such groovey guests as Aretha Franklin, Liza Minnelli, and W...
Casino Royale
1967
as Jimmy Bond (Dr. Noah)
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966
as Self / Dub Voice (voice) / Projectionist
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to ...
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966
Director, Associate Producer, Writer
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to ...
What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Victor Shakapopulis
A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is havin...
What's New Pussycat?
1965
Screenplay
A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is havin...
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
1965
as Himself
In 1965, Woody Allen was in England filming "What's New, Pussycat?". He was invited by Granada Television in Manchester to film his stand-up act in fr...
Woody Allen: Standup Comic
1965
Writer
In 1965, Woody Allen was in England filming "What's New, Pussycat?". He was invited by Granada Television in Manchester to film his stand-up act in fr...
Untitled Woody Allen Barcelona Film
N/A
Director, Writer, Producer
A married American couple attend the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain and each find themselves in romantic entanglements with other people. Produc...